Won without a category win
Heavy Smoke BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 7th
2024-02-16 – 2024-02-17 · Haines City, FL · 📍 555 Ledwith Ave. · State championship
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $9,700.00
Grand Champion: Heavy Smoke BBQ (707.9772) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Poppa Pig
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Heavy Smoke BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: With a Perfect 180 and FRED VEGAS SMOKERS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ and ACCUTECH BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 1–2: Ham Squad and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 174.8456 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 173.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 174.2744 | 163.9428 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 166.8344 | 156.5716 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 172.5944 | 168.0000 | — |
| Ancillary — Brisket | 172.5600 | 161.0972 | — |
29 entries · top 707.9772 · median 684.4456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Poppa Pig | |
| 3 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 4 | Ham Squad | |
| 5 | With a Perfect 180 | |
| 6 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | |
| 7 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 9 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 10 | TILLMAN'S BBQ | |
| 11 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 12 | Ramblin Fork BBQ Co | |
| 13 | ACCUTECH BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | |
| 15 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 16 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 17 | Slapulator BBQ | |
| 18 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 19 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 20 | KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 22 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 23 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 24 | 2 Guys BBQ | |
| 25 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 26 | BIG DADDY Q - FL | |
| 27 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 28 | Smokin-N-Pokin | |
| 29 | Pig In or Pig Out |
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | With a Perfect 180 | |
| 2 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 4 | Ham Squad | |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 7 | ACCUTECH BBQ | |
| 8 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 9 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 10 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | |
| 11 | Poppa Pig | |
| 12 | Ramblin Fork BBQ Co | |
| 13 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 14 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 15 | Slapulator BBQ | |
| 16 | TILLMAN'S BBQ | |
| 17 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 18 | 2 Guys BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | |
| 20 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 21 | KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 22 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 23 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 24 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 25 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 26 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 27 | BIG DADDY Q - FL | |
| 28 | Pig In or Pig Out | |
| 29 | Smokin-N-Pokin |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Squad | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Slapulator BBQ | |
| 4 | Poppa Pig | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 6 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 8 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 9 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 10 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 11 | KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 12 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 14 | With a Perfect 180 | |
| 15 | ACCUTECH BBQ | |
| 16 | 2 Guys BBQ | |
| 17 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | |
| 18 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 19 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 20 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Ramblin Fork BBQ Co | |
| 22 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin-N-Pokin | |
| 24 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 25 | TILLMAN'S BBQ | |
| 26 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 27 | BIG DADDY Q - FL | |
| 28 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 29 | Pig In or Pig Out |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TILLMAN'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | |
| 3 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 4 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | |
| 7 | Ham Squad | |
| 8 | Ramblin Fork BBQ Co | |
| 9 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 10 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 11 | With a Perfect 180 | |
| 12 | KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 13 | Poppa Pig | |
| 14 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 15 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 16 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 17 | Slapulator BBQ | |
| 18 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 19 | ACCUTECH BBQ | |
| 20 | BIG DADDY Q - FL | |
| 21 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 22 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 23 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 24 | Smokin-N-Pokin | |
| 25 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 26 | 2 Guys BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 28 | Pig In or Pig Out | |
| 29 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS |
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poppa Pig | |
| 2 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 3 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 4 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 5 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 6 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 7 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | TILLMAN'S BBQ | |
| 9 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 10 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ | |
| 11 | ACCUTECH BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG DADDY Q - FL | |
| 13 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Ramblin Fork BBQ Co | |
| 15 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 16 | K & E's Little Smokers | |
| 17 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | |
| 18 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 19 | With a Perfect 180 | |
| 20 | 2 Guys BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 22 | Ham Squad | |
| 23 | KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 24 | Slapulator BBQ | |
| 25 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 26 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 27 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokin-N-Pokin | |
| 29 | Pig In or Pig Out |
10 entries · top 347.9772 · median 326.4858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 3 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 4 | Yeti Mafia BBQ | |
| 5 | Cool Guys BBQ | |
| 6 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 7 | Lake Region High Thunder Thighs | |
| 8 | Amped Up | |
| 9 | MaGoo's Eatery | |
| 10 | HOLE 15 BBQ |
9 entries · top 174.2744 · median 163.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 2 | Yeti Mafia BBQ | |
| 3 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 4 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 5 | Lake Region High Thunder Thighs | |
| 6 | Cool Guys BBQ | |
| 7 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 8 | Amped Up | |
| 9 | MaGoo's Eatery |
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 3 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 4 | Cool Guys BBQ | |
| 5 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 6 | HOLE 15 BBQ | |
| 7 | Yeti Mafia BBQ | |
| 8 | Lake Region High Thunder Thighs | |
| 9 | Amped Up | |
| 10 | MaGoo's Eatery |
9 entries · top 172.5944 · median 168.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amped Up | |
| 2 | Yeti Mafia BBQ | |
| 3 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 4 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 5 | Lake Region High Thunder Thighs | |
| 6 | Cool Guys BBQ | |
| 7 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 8 | MaGoo's Eatery | |
| 9 | Evans Family Ranch |
9 entries · top 172.5600 · median 161.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeti Mafia BBQ | |
| 2 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 3 | Lake Region High Thunder Thighs | |
| 4 | Belly Bustin Bistro | |
| 5 | Powered by Smoke | |
| 6 | Evans Family Ranch | |
| 7 | MaGoo's Eatery | |
| 8 | Amped Up | |
| 9 | Cool Guys BBQ |